Thailand

North Thailand / Chiang Mai / Wat Jed Yod

Photo: Seven-spired Chedi at Wat Jed Yod in Chiang Mai

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Jed Yod means Seven Spires - a reference to the Wat's Chedi of unusual shape - a Chedi with seven spires. The Wat lies in the outskirts of the city, in northwesterly direction from the center. The seven-spired Chedi is suppost to be a copy of a former Pagoda at Bagan, Myanmar.


Photo: Relief sculpture at the seven-spired Chedi in Chiang Mai